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June Update: PlayStation 6 and PlayStation Portable future visions

 The recent PlayStation video about the "simulated" technology in development, discussed between AMD and Sony engineers that will power the PlayStation 6 was interesting from a geek point of view. But from a gameplay perspective, there is - IMO - no need for a PlayStation 6 for another few years. Especially with the limp Xbox is-it-isn't-it launch .  June 2026 Update : The latest snippet of gossip for Sony's next-gen systems is a modular/external drive that will connect to both devices. Allowing installation on the portable of physical games, and reducing the cost of the PS6 by making the Blu-ray an accessory (like the PS5 Slim).  I prefer the idea of a dedicated dock on the PS6 that connects the next Portable to your entire PSN library, and they'd better make it work as an extra controller, but I'm sure there are practical benefits to the extra drive.   That should also boost sales of PS4 and PS5 physical games, especially on the second-hand market, as folk...

Evercade announces Giga Carts for bigger collections

Evercade's recent road map reveal for 2024 was pretty much a blank slate, and with a slightly down-on-the-numbers look compared to previous years. One thing that will be bigger is the size of the games.  That's as the brand has figured out how to bring larger more-modern, disc-based, retro games our way, primarily from the PlayStation, and perhaps GameCube, PSP and/or Dreamcast formats.

Update: and the first one is officially confirmed as the Tomb Raider 1-3 collection from the 32-bit PlayStation. 


The company release says “Giga Cart is a new type of cartridge we are making that is designed specifically for larger and more modern retro games, mostly originally released on CD. This new cartridge type will be identical in size and shape to your existing carts but will internally have a larger capacity to bring you these more demanding titles."

Two Giga Cart collections are promised for 2024, with presumably plenty more to come, now that it has the power to negotiate for larger titles. 

To cope with the production cost increase, Giga Cart Evercade cartridges will have an RRP of £22.49/$24.99/€24.99. Buyers can identify a Giga Cart by the new logo, which presumably is compatible with all versions of the Evercade hardware. 

Most of the more recent games have been among the smaller end of the PlayStation roster. Recent release 40 Winks on Piko Collection 3 was around a 330MB ISO file. But now there's plenty of reason to expect more multimedia-heavy titles as well as those from the larger end of the retro-cart-based machine library. 

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